Fill the gaps by using these key words from the text

Choose the best answer 
Trade unions are worried about the new technology because 
it removes waste and reduces theft 
it could cause industrial injuries 
companies could use it to check what workers are doing 
Supermarket companies like the new technology because 
it makes the delivery of food more efficient 
it is cheap and easy to use 
workers have to follow a computer’s instructions 
The new technology could cause injuries because 
people have to wear a special vest 
people have to make the same movements again and again 
it is very heavy 
Some people are leaving their jobs after just a few hours because 
they don’t like the jobs 
they don’t like following instructions from a computer 
they have industrial injuries 
Match the verbs with the nouns. Then check your answers in the text. 
1. wear 
2. reduce 
3. supply 
4. send 
5. take 
6. complete 
7. cause 
8. follow 
a. goods 
b. a job 
c. a message 
d. a vest 
e. an injury 
f. costs 
g. instructions 
h. a break 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005
Taken from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com 

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Look in the text and 
Find a verb which is the opposite of ‘increase’. 
Find three parts of the body. 
Find a verb which means ‘to order again’. 
Find a noun which means ‘workers’. 
In the third paragraph, find 5 verbs beginning with the letter ‘c’. 
Look at these examples from the text: 
These tags will help companies to reduce costs. (prediction) 
Companies could use the technology to check what workers are doing. 
(possibility) 
Fill the gaps in these sentences using 
will
or 
could 
The new technology _________ cause industrial injuries. 
The new system _________ remove waste and reduce theft. 
Britain _________ become the most watched country in the world. 
Trade unionists think companies _________ use the technology to check what 
workers are doing. 
Companies say the new technology _________ increase the efficient delivery of 
food to stores. 
New American computer equipment _________ check on how much work workers 
are doing. 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005
Taken from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com 

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